2014 Peby Faugeres
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While the 2014 Château Peby Faugeres isn’t going to make you forget the 2015 (or 2009 and 2010), it’s a gorgeous wine in 2014 that’s more than worth your time and money. From tiny yields and the oldest Merlot vines of the estate planted on a mostly south facing hillside, this beauty offers sensational purity in its blackberries, smoked earth, espresso, spring flowers and pencil shavings aromas and flavors, as well as additional minerality with time in the glass. An inky colored, sexy, flamboyant 2014, it has full-bodied richness, polished, ripe tannin, impeccable balance, and a great finish. While it’s certainly a more modern styled wine, it has beautiful purity, notable freshness, only subtle oak, and a silky texture, and is, again, beautifully balanced. Don’t let anyone tell you it won’t age or doesn’t show its terroir. Give this terrific 2014 3-4 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 15. This cuvee from Swiss owner Silvio Denz comes from a 7.45-hectare portion of the Faugères vineyard, which lies on the eastern edge of Saint-Emilion, on the Saint-Emilion/Castillon border. The parcel is mostly older vines and is a unique southeast facing slopes of brown limestone soils. It’s worth mentioning that Jean-Luc Thunevin’s blockbuster Valandraud cuvee comes from a site not far from here and this sensational wine is made with guidance from Stephan von Neipperg for the viticulture and famed consultant Michel Rolland for the winemaking. All these of these wines reviewed here are beautiful.
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The 2014 Peby Faugeres has an opulent bouquet with very pure dark cherry and raspberry preserve aromas, blood orange and blueberry emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with rounded tannin, low acidity, very powerful and voluminous in the mouth with a heady, slightly alcoholic finish. I prefer the Faugeres to be truthful, which offers more energy and drinkability, though if you are seeking the bling factor, then opt for this.
The 2014 Péby Faugères is a rich, full-throttle wine. Unctuous and powerful, with soft contours and fabulous depth, the 2014 shows the more flamboyant side of Saint-Émilion. Black cherry, plum, mocha, chocolate and dark spice notes build as this voluptuous wine shows off its distinctive personality. In 2014, Péby Faugères has all of its typical richness, but it also comes across as a bit restrained relative to some prior vintages, as hard as that may be to believe. Péby Faugères is 100 % old-vine Merlot from a parcel that was carved out of the original Faugères vineyard. This is a gorgeous wine from proprietor Silvio Denz and consulting winemaker Michel Rolland.